Brian Robinson or Rico Dowdle: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Robinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 152nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 196.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rico Dowdle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 154th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 96.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Brian Robinson, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The books have Rico Dowdle at 2.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Brian Robinson has been on the field for 37 percent of ATL snaps, taken 32 percent of the carries and drawn 4 percent of the targets.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 15 third down targets and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against PIT he carried 9 times for 31 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against CAR he carried 11 times for 51 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Rico Dowdle has been on the field for 42 percent of PIT snaps, taken 37 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 0.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against ATL he carried 8 times for 15 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Brian Robinson played 17 games and scored 62.5 PPR points, 3.7 a game, finishing RB63.

He carried 92 times for 400 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 12 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.4 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rico Dowdle played 17 games and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.

He carried 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 56 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Rico Dowdle scored 12.7 PPR points a game and Brian Robinson 3.7, 9.0 a game between them.

Brian Robinson finished RB63 that year and Rico Dowdle RB18.

Rico Dowdle had 144 more carries than Brian Robinson, 236 to 92.

Rico Dowdle had 31 more catches than Brian Robinson, 39 to 8.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 37 percent.

This season Rico Dowdle holds the bigger share of the carries, 37 percent against 32 percent.

Byes and availability

Brian Robinson is off in Week 11 and Rico Dowdle in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rico Dowdle is listed as questionable on the injury report.